Black Arrow
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Black Arrow is the famed enchanted arrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" that Bard the Bowman uses to slay the dragon Smaug.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Arrow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9115833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Arrow Context triple: [Bard the Bowman, weapon, Black Arrow]
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A.
The Arrow
The Arrow is the student-run newspaper of Southeast Missouri State University, covering campus news, events, and student life.
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B.
Arrow
Arrow is the English translation of "Freccia," the nickname of the Italian World War II fighter aircraft Fiat G.50.
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C.
Arrow
Arrow is a common English surname borne by various individuals, including the influential economist Kenneth Arrow.
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D.
Arrow
Arrow is a popular American superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, known for launching the interconnected "Arrowverse" franchise.
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E.
Arrow
Arrow is a regional passenger rail service brand used for trains operating between San Bernardino and Redlands in Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Arrow Target entity description: Black Arrow is the famed enchanted arrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" that Bard the Bowman uses to slay the dragon Smaug.
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A.
The Arrow
The Arrow is the student-run newspaper of Southeast Missouri State University, covering campus news, events, and student life.
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B.
Arrow
Arrow is the English translation of "Freccia," the nickname of the Italian World War II fighter aircraft Fiat G.50.
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C.
Arrow
Arrow is a common English surname borne by various individuals, including the influential economist Kenneth Arrow.
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D.
Arrow
Arrow is a popular American superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, known for launching the interconnected "Arrowverse" franchise.
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E.
Arrow
Arrow is a regional passenger rail service brand used for trains operating between San Bernardino and Redlands in Southern California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enchanted arrow
ⓘ
fictional weapon ⓘ object in literature ⓘ |
| aimedAt | Smaug’s weak spot ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Hobbit ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Fire and Water
ⓘ
The Gathering of the Clouds ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Esgaroth
ⓘ
linked to:
Esgaroth (Lake-town)
Lake-town ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Destruction of Smaug
ⓘ
linked to:
Death of Smaug
|
| belongsTo | Bard’s family heirlooms ⓘ |
| category |
The Hobbit objects
ⓘ
Weapons in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| fandomWikiPage | https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Arrow ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1937 ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | inspired later fantasy enchanted weapons ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
enchanted
ⓘ
never yet failed Bard ⓘ reusable ⓘ unbroken ⓘ |
| hasReputation | never missed its mark ⓘ |
| inheritedFrom | Bard’s father ⓘ |
| isUnique | true ⓘ |
| kills | Smaug ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| material | iron ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | turning point in the Battle of Lake-town ⓘ |
| notableQuote | ‘Black arrow, I have saved you to the last…’ ⓘ |
| origin | Dale ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bard the Bowman ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
death of Smaug
ⓘ
salvation of Lake-town ⓘ |
| strikes | Smaug’s bare patch on the left breast ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine providence
ⓘ
fate ⓘ hereditary duty ⓘ |
| universe | Middle-earth ⓘ |
| usedAgainst | Smaug ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bard the Bowman ⓘ |
| weaponType | arrow ⓘ |
| wielder | Bard the Bowman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Black Arrow Description of subject: Black Arrow is the famed enchanted arrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" that Bard the Bowman uses to slay the dragon Smaug.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.